Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

The role

You will validate Zscaler's Zero Trust Branch and Digital Experience solutions through hands-on proof-of-value pilots and architectural demos for prospects and customers. You will also build lab networks, serve as the escalation path between field teams and core engineering, and deliver enablement sessions and collateral.

What you will do

• Own hands-on technical POVs, architectural demos and pilot evaluations for enterprise prospects and customers
• Design, deploy and maintain physical and virtual networking lab topologies
• Serve as the primary technical troubleshooting bridge and escalation path between field teams and core engineering
• Author step-by-step deployment runbooks, reference architectures and competitive test plans
• Deliver field enablement sessions, hands-on training workshops and webinars for SEs, professional services and partner architects

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in technical marketing, product management or solutions architecture
• Proven track record of leading hands-on customer Proof of Value (POV) pilots and executive architectural evaluations
• Deep proficiency in building and maintaining multi-vendor physical and virtual network lab topologies
• Advanced packet analysis and troubleshooting using Wireshark, tcpdump and traffic generation tools
• Demonstrated curiosity and active exploration of AI tools, with a history of integrating new technologies into daily workflows

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with cloud network frameworks such as AWS Transit Gateways/VPCs, GCP Cloud Routers or Azure Virtual WAN
• Prior experience with network observability and monitoring solutions

Benefits

• Various health plans
• Vacation and sick time plans
• Parental leave options
• Retirement options
• Education reimbursement
• In-office perks

Before you apply

• Applicants must adhere to applicable laws, regulations and Zscaler security and privacy policies

About the company

Zscaler provides the Zero Trust Exchange platform, a SASE-based in-line cloud security platform that securely connects users, devices and applications in any location. The company describes itself as building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence.